It's kind of sad and I would not be a fan of the "rounding up"...things cost enough as is! Twice, restaurant servers have done that(up to the next dollar!) to me when giving me my change back. It kept them from getting a good tip. It felt presumptuous to me! But I can see the savings for the gov't...and we could certainly use that in the US!

Great post Judy! I love your collection - my husband likes to collect them too. I have a few flattened ones too from when we put them on the railroad tracks many years ago. Did you ever do that?Mennonite Central Committee Ontario has started a new project called Pennies for Haiti where 33 cents buys a seedling for the ongoing reforestation project in Haiti - check it out at this link: http://mcco.ca/penniesforhaiti

I have so many U.S pennies....I try not to spend them and once a year I count and put them in rolls. Cash them in for paper money and that is what I allow for slot machines as we pass through Nevada in route to Montana :-)I suppose I would be ok with rolling nickels :-)

I love that you have a penny folder. I was going to post about the demise of the penny as well...and maybe still will but I surely don't have such a great selection of them to show and tell.I doubt I'll miss them since I always get rid of them out of my purse asap.

What a wonderful collection for your coin collection. You will want to treasure that for awhile. I often leave my change at the counter in the penny jar, so I think I will miss it that much. Most of my coins get wrapped and go to Good Will.

Judy . . . funny thing is your post, including the title, was in my head, with a photo already in my camerea... BUT I do not ahave a penny for every year since I was born. It must have been a fun thing to collect.I got a shiny 2012 penny on my last trip to the Dollar Store on Friday, and I'll keep that. I guess now we can honestly say that we don't owe anyone a penny.

I visited the Denver Mint a few years ago that makes the USA pennies and learned that those pennies actually are costing our government much more than one cent each to make-- nickels also cost more than five cents to make I would still hate to see them go. I imagine in the future all actual money may becoem obsolete, but I think that will happen after we are long gone.

I didn't realize that today is the last day for the penny. We have about 20 dollars worth rolled up. Do you know if the bank will take them for cash? We had intended to do that before now and I hope it's not too late. Or we were going to donate them to a good cause but can they in turn, cash them in? I don't think I'll miss the penny. They take up too much room in the change purse. That's a great idea to have a penny for every year of your life! Great post Judy.

If that happens here, what will it sound like to repeat one of my dad's most used quotes..."a penny(nickel)saved is a penny earned." Whenever we would see a penny on the ground, he would stop and pick it up. Today, I find myself doing the same. My thoughts as I read your most interesting post today.

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